# The Pearl Diver

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- Book: [The Pearl Diver](https://www.bookquiver.com/jeff-talarigo/the-pearl-diver) ([The Pearl Diver.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jeff-talarigo/the-pearl-diver.md))
- Authors: [Jeff Talarigo](https://www.bookquiver.com/jeff-talarigo)
- Publisher: anchor
- ISBN: 978-14-0003-491-8
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2005-04-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In 1948, a nineteen-year-old pearl diver's dreams of spending her life combing the waters of Japan’s Inland Sea are shattered when she discovers she has leprosy. By law, she is exiled to an island...